Epcot and the Keys

Mark and I drove to Orlando Monday afternoon to spend the next day or two with President and Sister Berry (Mike and Beth Ann), Mary Alice and Kim and Dad.  We enjoyed a nice dinner with grilled hamburgers with all the trimmings.  

Because the mission home is set up for missionaries to stay when they first arrive, we ended up sleeping in twin beds.  Dad, however was given the GA room (General Authority) with its connecting bathroom.  It's just as well.  Between Allie and Kim and Mark and I was a connecting bathroom.  It was just fine.

Tuesday, we spent the day at Epcott.  I love Epcot.  It is one of our favorite places at Walt Disney World.  I think everyone had a great time.  We talked Dad into getting a wheelchair.  I think he was really glad he did because even on our way from the car, he was having a hard time walking.  I know he enjoyed the day much more because he didn't have to walk everywhere.

I have to say that since my experience at Harry Potter World, I've been leery about doing the rides that tell you if you have motion sickness not to ride them.  Mark has stopped going on those kinds of rides too.  I think we missed some fun.  Dad was a real good sport and rode on everything everyone else did.  He would come back and tell us it wasn't that bad.  And it probably wasn't, but since Mark wouldn't go on the rides,   I usually stayed with him.  Neither of us wanted to risk feeling miserably sick.  We still had a really good time.  

Having fun in Norway

We grabbed up some space for the fireworks and then Mark noticed a family with a couple of kids in back of us trying to see, so he invited them to come in front of us so they could really see the fireworks.  We had a nice conversation with the parents.  The family is from England.  He told us when his mother died, she left money for her grandchildren so they could come specifically to see Walt Disney World.  They had waited quite a few years for their children to become old enough to enjoy being there.  They were having a wonderful time.  It was such a pleasure to talk with them.  There are so many wonderful, friendly people from all over!  They really appreciated us letting their kids stand in front of us so they could see.

Of course, the fireworks were magnificent!

Wednesday, we went to the Orlando temple before heading home.  The others were staying until Thursday and were headed to the Church's Ranch for a tour.  It was business as usual for President and Sister Berry. 

Thursday, Mark and I spent the day driving to the Keys:  Key Largo and all the way down to Key West.  It's been on my bucket list of things I wanted to do before going home, so I was really glad we finally got to go.  I got some great pictures.  We had a lot of fun seeing things and I think we got a pretty good idea what Key West is all about.  We toured through Ernest Hemingway’s home. 

Ernest Hemingway's writing room

We climbed this lighthouse.  This is a view from Hemingway's second story balcony.

They were partial to cats.  They had one with six toes and now there are many cats from the original that is on the property.  This picture is of a ceramic cat made by Picasso and given as a gift.   The original was stolen or broken (I can't remember).  I believe this is a replica.

We went to the lighthouse we saw from the balcony of the Hemingway house.  It was originally right on the ocean, but over time is now about one mile inland.  Amazing, huh?  There is a nice museum and gift shop.  We both started to climb the 77 steps to the top, but Mark got part way up and could go any farther.  He kept looking down.  I concentrated on looking at the stairs so I was able to get to the top.  I have to admit it was a bit freaky being up so high, but there was no danger.  The rail was wired on top so no one could fall off.  The freakiness was all in my mind.  It was a great view!  I got a shot of the southernmost end of Florida.  The sign said Cuba was only 90 miles away.

Views from the top of the lighthouse.

The tip of Florida as seen from the lighthouse.   Cuba is only 90 miles away.

Looking down from the top of the lighthouse.

I took this after I got down to the bottom.

Isn't that tree cool?  What an awesome looking tree!  This was where I found Mark waiting for me after I came out of the lighthouse.

  He posed with this statue lady depicting the olden days.

It was a warm day.  The last thing we did before we drove by the beaches was we found a homemade ice cream parlor and went inside to have something.  It was delicious!

I thought this house was interesting.

This is a picture of the marker of the southernmost point of the continental United States.  It's quite a landmark, so there was naturally a lineup of people wanting their picture taken.  I found this one on the Internet.  I'm grateful to whoever took it.

What was really cool was driving across the bridges that connect the keys where the Atlantic is on one side and the Gulf of Mexico is on the other.  It makes me wonder how deep it is right there and was it very difficult to build those water bridges?  It was interesting to think of the two oceans mingling underneath us.  There was one water bridge that was seven miles long!

I think this is the seven mile bridge.

The old bridge.

We just spent the day there and got home late that night.  I tell you, if I had to drive we’d never make it home!  I just cannot stay awake!  Maybe it’s all that Coke Mark drinks.

The sign for Key Largo says it’s the diving capital of the world.  I was looking on the internet and there’s some pretty interesting information.  I did not know that ships had been deliberately sunk so a new coral reef could grow.   I’m so glad we went. What a fun day!

  

Public Open House Begins

 The public open house started Saturday the 29th.  We brought our landlords,  Henry and Dina Flesch.  We've become quite good friends with them and they have expressed a desire to hear more about the Church.  They were so impressed with everything and expressed how beautiful everything was and how they felt something so special in the temple.  Dina is from Columbia and still struggles with her English, so Henry talked with her in Spanish a lot throughout the tour.   When she looked into the mirror in the sealing room and saw "eternity", her jaw dropped.  I think we all felt the Spirit.  It was a really nice experience for all of us.

Afterwards we took them out to dinner.  The introductory video talked about the persecution the Saints suffered.  I think Henry was shocked.  Of course he had no knowledge of any of that.  We were able to talk about the Church with them.  We are hoping to have the missionaries visit them soon.

After dinner we were invited into their home to visit for awhile.  It was such a lovely evening.  We're planning to get together one last time at Menchie's (frozen yogurt) before we leave.

VIP Week

So much preparation went into the Fort Lauderdale Temple open house!  The VIP week was March 24th through March 28th.  During that week, we enjoyed having political dignitaries, religious leaders, the temple construction workers and their families, neighbors (from across the temple), the media, etc.  

I worked in the hospitality tent, where they served a variety of cookies and bars and punch.  Around lunch sandwiches, veggies or fruit was brought in.   I thought it was a lovely gesture for those coming that special first week.  It made a very good impression after their tour of the temple.  And was greatly appreciated as well.

Mark's dad and sister and brother-in-law also came during that week on Wednesday from Idaho to see the temple.   They flew into Orlando and drove down.  Dad stayed with us and Allie and Kim had a motel room.

I made dinner at home for everyone that night:  lasagne, parmesean toast and salad.  Mark had to be at the temple, so we ate without him.

We met up with Darin Zwick from Zwick Construction.  His company had partnered up with Suffolk in building the temple.  It was interesting to be with his group because between Mark and Darin, we not only heard the spiritual aspects of the temple, they talked about the construction aspects.  Elder Kent Richards from the Temple Department was our tour guide.  One of the fun things was we went all over the temple, which is not normally allowed on the tours.  We went into the administration area, into the girl's baptismal bathroom, downstairs into all the rooms there.  When we got to the Celestial room, I had an opportunity to share the experiences I had with the people who had come to help me hang the crystals on the chandeliers.  There were a couple of times, particularly in the Celestial room and the sealing room that we were enjoying it so long, one of the ushers asked us to leave because other tours were trying to get in.

There is a beautiful video shown before the beginning of the tour that sets the mood so wonderfully, explaining why we build temples.  I'll tell you, when I saw that first shot of our temple, knowing what all has taken place to build it, it brought tears to my eyes and I could see that Mark was feeling a lot of emotion too.  The Spirit is so strong inside the temple too.

Afterwards, Darin invited us to join them for lunch at Antonio's.  It's a coal fired pizza place.  The other people in our group were John Eyring (President Eyring's son), Mark and Debra Bateman (Elder Bateman's son and daughter-in-law) and Eric Calder and his wife, who work for Darin.  Mark and I sat next to John during lunch and enjoyed getting to know him.  His mannerisms remind me of President Eyring.  We had a wonderful lunch and it was fun meeting everyone.

Dad Berry, me, Mark, Allie and Kim Taylor

Darin Zwick, Dad Berry, Kim and Allie Taylor, Mark, me, John Eyring, Eric Calder and his wife, Debra and Mark  Bateman

After lunch our party went back to the apartment and changed.  We all went to the Everglades for an airboat ride.  I thought it was really fun and our captain (Don) did a good job trying to show us as much of the wildlife of the Everglades as he could, beside telling us about the Everglades themselves.  It seems that water flows throughout the Everglades, even under the sawgrass.  We saw a couple of alligators, some buzzards, a heron and several other birds.

Captain Don had been able to train a couple of the birds to take popcorn from him-one especially would come when he called and would climb on his arm to take the popcorn from his mouth.  He told us this bird used to dig her claws into his arm and peck his mouth and make it bleed, but over time she has stopped doing that.  He is the only one she is so gentle with.

He told us once he was sitting on the edge of the boat talking with the people when this bird started chattering excitedly-warning chatters.  He didn't pay attention to her and continued to chat with his passengers.  Finally he glanced back and to the side and saw a huge alligator headed towards his backside with it's jaws wide open.  She saved his life that day!

The air boat's propellers are in the back instead of in the water.  this is perfect because the propellers in the water would get tangled in the foilage and could damage wildlife as well.  When the captain revs up the motor, these boats are really LOUD!

One nice thing was when those on one side saw some wild life, he would turn the boat around so the other side could see it clearly too.

There was an alligator show we could have seen, but Mark was meeting Steve Pineau, who was the first project manager from Suffolk for the temple, so we needed to leave, which was fine.

As we were riding through the Everglades, I thought and marveled at the beauty and diversity of this amazing work we've been provided with.  Tod truly had our happiness in mind when He created this beautiful work.  He wants us to be happy-to appreciate His handiwork.  "Men are that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25)
Here are some pictures (Thanks Kim):

Buzzards

See the alligator?

That waterway will go on for 25 miles!

Mark was still at the temple, but Dad wanted to take us out for dinner, so after resting for awhile, we went to Outback and had a really nice dinner.

I worked at the temple the next morning.  Dad, Allie and Kim were headed back to Orlando.  They were staying with President and Sister Berry at the mission home.  We would be spending a couple of days with them next week.

Turnover

The temple was turned over to the temple department on February 19th.

I ran a gamut of emotions for the last couple of weeks before turnover  between depression and discouragement to elation and joy.  Some of it had to do with everything that was going on at the temple. 

It was interesting to me the things that went wrong the last few weeks before the temple was turned over.  It got to be that something new seemed to be going wrong almost every day!  I finally just had to laugh—it all seemed so over-the-top!

I know to Mark it was no laughing matter, however.  He has been so incredibly stressed out!  And he worked so long and hard to get everything ready for turnover, as did so many others.

I wrote him this email one morning after my morning prayers.  This message seemed so appropriate:

In part it read:

"As I was praying this morning and it started to rain hard, I just had to laugh because here was another obstacle being thrown in your path! 

"I was reading today in the Book of Mormon about the incident where Nephi's bow breaks and he is unable to provide food for his family.  In the student manual, a quote from Elder Richard G. Scott caught my attention.  I hope this will encourage you:

'May I share some suggestions with you who face the testing that a wise Heavenly Father determines is needed even when you are living a worthy, righteous life and are obedient to His commandments. (Personal emphasis added)

'Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously.  (That's for sure!)  'When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more (see Proverbs 3:11-12).  He therefore gives you experiences that stimulate growth, understanding, and compassion, which polishes you for your everlasting benefit.  To get you from where you are to where He wants you to be requires a lot of stretching, and that generally entails discomfort and pain' (Ensign, Nov. 1995, 16-17)

"It may be that these experiences are just what are needed for the next temples you will work on-as hard and frustrating as it is right now...  I know this will all work out.  I know you will do your best as you always do.  I am thinking of you and my prayers are with you."

(mushy stuff deleted)

Throughout this time I enlisted the faith and prayers of our family.  I'm grateful for their love and support and prayers.  I believe they really helped.

I went in to the temple on the Friday before turnover to clean the inside and I couldn't believe what was happening.  Sidewalks were torn up, plastic everywhere outside, a big dumpster onsite, crews everywhere, the font torn apart.  I walked into the Celestial room and saw everything covered in plastic and I started to cry. 

Everyone worked hard all weekend, including me cleaning.  By the time everyone came on Wednesday for the turnover, a miracle had taken place.  Everything was cleaned up, a crew was working on the outside making sure trash was cleaned up, but the sidewalks were finished and the inside was completely cleaned.  The font was still torn apart in one area where the leak is located, but everything looked great.

I had gone back and forth on whether or not I should go over to be at the temple during the turnover and tour, but in the end, I felt it was important for me to go as a show of support for Mark.  I’m really glad I went.  It meant a lot to him and I think it meant a lot to Cory Karl and Bill Smith.  They both give me hugs and Cory always puts his arm around me and tells me how much he loves Mark and “when is he going to learn Spanish?”  (They are now over all of the international temples and special projects).

After everyone got there, we met in the chapel for the main meeting.  We opened with a prayer, and then Mark went over everything, answering questions.  He did everything with confidence, even though he’s never done a turnover for a temple before.  Cory told him he did great!

Those that were there that day included the temple department, ecclesiastical side, the temple department building side and Suffolk head guys, including a couple of vice presidents.

Everyone was so complimentary and pleased with how beautiful everything was.  Through all of this I took pictures and watched Mark.  I see how he has grown throughout this process and I am so proud of him!

An appreciation lunch had been arranged at “Brimstone Wood Fire Grill” restaurant for our construction group and Suffolk’s leadership group.  It went very well.

I went on home after the lunch, and Mark and the others went back to the temple to discuss what more needed to be done.

That evening, we ended up at an Argentinean beef restaurant- a small place, but the food was awesome!  It was a wonderful, relaxing evening.  We stayed for quite a while just visiting—a celebration dinner for sure.

We have been asked to stay until after the dedication.  I was a little surprised, but of course I said it was fine.  I had geared myself up to go home in March or April, so the next day I was down a bit but I just needed to readjust. 

I’m fine now.  Mark will be flying out every week to Hartford one week, then to Salt Lake the next.  I will be alone four days out of the seven, but he has things he has to get going on.  It will give me a chance to really work on the history.  If I stay busy, I should be okay.

Mark continues to go to the temple when he's here. When the temple president and recorder finally come on, he may end up working at home. 

I had the opportunity to fly to Salt Lake with Mark on the 28th of January.  He flew back for business, but Gabe was getting baptized that weekend, so I came too.  It was so great to see the kids and grand kids.  The baptism was nice and we had a lovely family get together afterwards.  I'm really looking forward to going home and spending more time with family.  Lyndsay's mom, Melody and her lovely grandma was there too.  My kids are so lucky to have such great in-laws.

Jonathan and Gabe

Jonathan, Lyndsay, Gabe, Reagan and Felicity

Two of my lovely granddaughters:  Maisen and Celeste Dailey.  My camera died after that, so there were no more pictures.

The air conditioning in our Jeep died.  The weather hasn’t been terrible, but it has been uncomfortable driving the car without air and just rolling the windows down.It's not the first thing that has gone wrong.  The CD player died quite a while ago. The windshield is pitted, the side driver's mirror needs replacing, and it has been overheating sometimes.   We finally realized with everything that has gone wrong with the car the last little while that it was finally time to get a new one.  The jeep had 154,000 miles on it and we have had it for 10 years.  It's been a great car, but it really was time. 

We bought a Chrysler Town and Country van.  It seats seven.  We decided on a van because we know when we get home we will want to take kids and grandkids places.  We had talked about buying a regular car to travel home in and then getting a van in Utah, but then we asked ourselves why?  It was a long drawn out process, but we settled on one fairly quickly; it was just the process of getting the price down, then the financing and everything else.  We left to go around 5 and didn’t finish until about 10:00!  Everyone who helped us were awesome!

We love our new van!  It has some great features including doors that open and shut themselves and Bluetooth, plus a lot of other features I haven’t figured out yet.  We have a free year of Sirius radio.  I’m going to really enjoy that.  Mark says we should get a sign on the back that reads "Grandma's Taxi", but I think it should be Grandpa's taxi.

Happy New Year!

We had a nice New Year's Eve by going to see "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."  We really liked it!  It was funny, and uplifting with some romance.  It was clean--just a feel good movie.  We had dinner at Wendy's--not so fancy, but that was okay.  A lot of places had closed up so their employees could have the evening off.  Good for them.

We didn't stay up to see the New Year roll in.  I remember the first year we were here.  Our stake had a celebration out in the Everglades.  Everyone brought food to share and chairs.  There were lots and lots of mosquitoes, but people gave us bug spray.  It was nice to meet new people and visit.  Several people had brought their old Christmas trees and when they got thrown into the fire, boy did they burn!!  There were fireworks at the stroke of midnight.  It was so damp out there, no one worried about a fire hazard.  That was a fun evening.  We felt welcomed right away.  We'll take many memories like this away with us when we go home.

New Year's day, we enjoyed the Rose Parade while we cleaned and put away all our Christmas and cleaned the house.  I haven't really watched the Rose Parade for years, so it was fun to see it.  The work that goes into those floats are amazing!

We spent a couple of hours at Walmart and ended up getting groceries there.  We found some movies for $5.00, so we bought "Second Hand Lions," "Pride and Prejudice," and "10,000 BC."  We watched the last one while we ate pizza.  It was pretty good, actually.

We had a lovely Christmas.  We had been invited to spend Christmas Eve with the Christensen family.  Mindy is the Stake Young Women's President, so Mark and I have both worked with her, I at girl's camp and Mark because he is involved with the scouts in both wards.  They served "roast beast" (The Grinch) and Yorkshire Pudding, which I'd never had before.  I brought a fresh fruit salad with whipped cream on the side.  Everything was delicious.

Best of all, however, was just being part of a family celebration with young children.  It was boisterous, noisy, happy and filled with the excitement of Christmas.  It's what makes Christmas so much fun.  We really look forward to being home with family this year.  

Christmas day, we made our traditional biscuits and gravy breakfast with scrambled eggs and orange juice.  We had invited our neighbors below us, Jimmy and his son T.J.  We had also invited our friend's brother, Lance, who is here alone going to medical school, while his family is in Utah.  He brought sticky buns.  Yum!

The rest of the day was pretty quiet.  We ended up at Ft. Lauderdale Beach, walking along the water.  It was windy, so there were waves.  But it was fun people watching and just walking.  There were a lot of people out, especially in the picnic areas.

One of the most wonderful parts about this Christmas was the amazing generosity and kindness that was shown to several of our family members who have been struggling financially.  The Lord has truly blessed and looked after our children while we have been so far away!  One was blessed with the 12 Days of Christmas, another with anonymous gifts and money.  I am so grateful for the sweet service that was given!

Every good thing has to come to an end, and it seems to fly by much more quickly these days.  We're already several days into the new year!

There's not much more to be done at the temple--just odds and ends things.  We should be able to finish the celestial room chandelier in a couple of weeks.  It is so beautiful on the inside, especially now that all of the furniture and paintings are in.  It's difficult to describe the wonderful spirit I feel there, especially in the Celestial room.

I know our time here in South Florida is winding down.  I think one of the best things about being here, besides the temple, is how much I have come to treasure, even more, my relationship with Mark.  He truly is my best friend.  I love the time we get to spend together, even if it's just walking around Costco and Home Depot.  There really is something to be said for being married to and having a history with the same person for over 38 years!  Maybe it's an age thing.  Still, it's nice to know we still love each other after all these years.  He still makes me laugh!

So have you all made New Year's resolutions?  I need to quit mulling over mine and just do them!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Thanksgiving and This and That

We had a wonderful, yet unusual Thanksgiving.  We spent Thanksgiving on the beach.  We took our bikes to Hollywood Beach and rode along the boardwalk.  It was a beautiful day; windy, but still pleasant.  The wind kicked up the waves.  Normally, they are calm like Ft. Lauderdale beach.

We were lucky--we got parking right near the beach and near bathrooms.  There were quite a few people there, riding bikes like us, roller blading, walking, some were sun bathing and some were playing in the ocean.  I think many were spending their time there until it was time for their turkey dinner.  At least that was the case with a friendly couple who stopped to talk with us while we were sitting on a bench looking out over the beach.

We rode our bikes for quite a ways and ended up at Dania Beach and the pier.  We paid to go up onto the pier where we could really see a lot more.  It was interesting to notice how green the water was.  The water is quite shallow until quite a ways out.  Naturally, the water gets a darker green as it gets deeper. There was a wind surfer out on the water.  His board reminded me of a snowboard, with places for his feet.  He looked like he was having a lot of fun with his parachute.

The wind was whipping pretty good up there on the pier.  There were a lot of fishermen--and birds--probably hoping to get lucky with someone's fish, or fish innards.  I was delighted to see a pelican!  I'd never seen a real one.  It seemed pretty calm, it was probably pretty used to people.  I took several pictures, but when it hopped up on the bench, Mark sat down and they just looked at each other.   That was perfect!

 

Miami in the distance

Fort Lauderdale in the distance.

By the time we left, there were two wind surfers.

Our Thanksgiving dinner when we finally went for one was at Ruby Tuesdays.  It wasn't a traditional dinner, but good nonetheless.  It was a wonderful ending to a wonderful day. ( I always think of that Beatles' song when I think of Ruby Tuesdays.)

It was nice having the weekend off.  We went through stuff to get rid of, or give away.   The job trailers are being taken off the job site at the temple and we needed to make some space for stuff he needs to bring home.

Right now we are working inside the temple in the administration area.  The earthwork guys graded the employee parking lot and will move the original top soil back so everything can regrow.  The trailers will be gone soon.

The furniture and paintings arrived last week, along with the church's designer.  Everything moved along pretty well and by the end of the week, everything was in and the paintings hung.  Things went so well, everyone from Salt Lake was able to go home.

There are just odds and ends things that need to be done now.

It's interesting how some people think it's okay to come onto a job site and come in, because they happen to be members of the church.  The sign outside the gate warns people that it is a felony to trespass, (in Spanish and English) but that doesn't seem to faze some people.  The best story was a man who brought his son in and wanted to do baptisms for the dead!  I don't think the font was even completely done at the time, but there certainly wasn't any water in it!  I just shake my head.

We got our Christmas stuff up, what little we have.  Actually, we put it up the day after Thanksgiving.  I did something to one section of lights as I was fluffing the tree, so there's only lights on one section of the tree because the top part is out too.  Oh well.  It's fine.  I had a hard time with all the Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving.  Now, that Thanksgiving is over, I listen to Christmas music all the time.

Mark flew to Atlanta on Friday.  He's taking care of a remodel project there.  He flies home to Salt Lake on Wednesday.

Donny and Marie Osmond had a concert last night in Plantation.  Members of the Church were offered free tickets, so Mark and I went!  It was fabulous!  They did a great job.  Donny likes to go into the audience.  So many women give him hugs.  It's amazing how many people still have memorabilia of him.  When he came down our aisle, the lady sitting next to us thrust her Donny doll into his hand so he could see it.  He looked at it and then took my hand (I was sitting near the aisle).  So I can say I got to hold Donny Osmond's hand for a second. 

He was laughing when he got onto the stage the first time he went out because some lady had goosed him!

It was such a fun concert!  We thoroughly enjoyed it.  It was after midnight before I got to bed.  (football game for Mark=2:00am)

We had a lovely dinner at some friends this afternoon.  They are originally from Brazil, but have lived here quite a while.  We got to know them shortly after we first came.  Bernadeth and Victor Silva.

We also got an invitation to Christmas Eve dinner today from a friend who's the Stake Young Women's President.  We've worked with her and her family through the youth programs and Savior of the World.  I'm looking forward to it.

I saw that St. George got snow and someone was saying they were talking about cancelling church.  (I'm rolling my eyes, but there must be a lot of people who really don't know or remember how to drive in the snow.)  As we hear about your snow and cold, I can't help but feel grateful for the warm weather here.  It was 83 degrees on Friday!  I'm looking forward to going home, and yet, every day we're here is a gift.  When the time comes (sometime in March, we think), it will be hard.  We will miss the wonderful people we've grown to know and love here.  We are so blessed!

I love this quote from President Monson:

"...to express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven."("The Divine Gift of Gratitude," Ensign, Nov. 2010)


May we all live in gratitude, no matter what.

Temple Walk

Our stake had a temple walk Saturday.  For those who know this area, they walked from Bergeron Park to Vista View Park, which overlooks the temple.  It is around eight miles.  Mark was asked to speak, so he met them on top of the hill and spoke to them for about 15-20 minutes.  He said there were about 160 kids and leaders there.  It went very well.  One of the stake presidency President Rincon, was at our Sacrament Meeting today and complimented him on his talk.

View from Vista View Park

 We've had a wonderful experience at the temple putting crystals on the chandeliers.  The celestial room chandelier is finally ready for us to hang the crystals.  It's about 2-3 times larger than the others.  It should be a wonderful experience for everyone who participates.  I'm looking forward to it!